UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Featherweights: Nov 13/20

There is constant debate about the “official” UFC fighter rankings, which are based on voting from a panel of journalists.  Such is the case with something as subjective as voting – it’s totally based on voter’s opinion, and biases are bound to seep through, whether intentional or no.  So to try to put a fresh, objective, data-driven spin on rankings, The MMA Manifesto has come up with a performance based ranking system, solely based on how a fighter has performed in the cage.  Next up: The Featherweights.

 

*stipulations: 1) any fighter currently suspended or 2) inactive for at least 12 months (without an upcoming fight scheduled) are excluded from the rankings 

• Scoring based on a fighter’s past 10 UFC performances (we use a five year time limit, so if they have fought less than 10 times in past five years, only the fights within that time frame are counted)
• Points based on a fighter’s opponent’s UFC win/loss record (ie strength of schedule – the more successful a vanquished opponent is, the more points awarded), extra points given for finishes, extra points given for title fight wins.  
• Points are weighed so most recent fights are worth more (ie most recent fight counts the most, 10th most recent fight the least)
• No points awarded for a loss

 

(first column performance based ranking, second column is last rankings, third column is official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Alexander Volkanovski	453
2	2	2	Max Holloway	321.5
3	3	3	Brian Ortega	285
4	4	8	Josh Emmett	190.5
5	5	6	Chan Sung Jung	156
6	6		Song Yadong	154.5
7	7	14	Ryan Hall	138.5
8	8		Jimmie Rivera	130
9	9	7	Calvin Kattar	117.5
10	10	5	Yair Rodriguez	106
11	11		Brian Kelleher	97
11	11		Cody Stamann	97
13	13		Ricky Simon	96.5
14	14	11	Sodiq Yusuff	95.5
15	15		Nik Lentz	93.5
16	19	16	Edson Barboza	93
17	16	13	Shane Burgos	91.5
18	17	12	Dan Ige	86.5
19	18	9	Arnold Allen	84
20	21	4	Zabit Magomedsharipov	73.5
21	22		Darren Elkins	73
22	23		Hakeem Dawodu	69.5
23	24		Grant Dawson	68
24	20		Andre Fili	66.5
25	26		Mirsad Bektic	62.5
26	38	15	Bryce Mitchell	60
26	27		Doo Ho Choi	60
26	27		Lerone Murphy	60
26	27		Ricardo Ramos	60
30	31		Herbert Burns	56
31	NR		Jonathan Martinez	54
32	58		Giga Chikadze	53.5
33	32	9	Jeremy Stephens	52
34	30		Makwan Amirkhani	51
35	33		Movsar Evloev	50
36	34		Damon Jackson	45
37	35		Gavin Tucker	42.5
38	36		Daniel Pineda	40
38	36		Nate Landwehr	40
40	39		Mike Grundy	36
41	40		Alex Caceres	34
41	40		Billy Quarantillo	34
43	42		Julian Erosa	32.5
44	43		Zubaira Tukhugov	30.5
45	NR		Ilia Topuria	30
45	44		L’udovit Klein	30
47	NR		Cub Swanson	29.5
48	NR		Mads Burnell	29
49	46		Charles Jourdain	27
49	46		Kyle Nelson	27
51	48		Darrick Minner	25
51	48		Douglas Silva de Andrade	25
51	48		Julio Arce	25
54	51		Shane Young	24.5
55	53		Danny Henry	23.5
56	54		Jordan Griffin	22.5
56	54		Spike Carlyle	22.5
58	51		Omar Morales	22
59	56		Jared Gordon	21.5
60	57		Kron Gracie	18
61	NR		Thomas Almeida	17.5
62	58		Steven Peterson	13.5
63	61		Mike Trizano	13
64	58		Youssef Zalal	12
65	62		Mike Davis	10
66	63		Matt Sayles	9
67	64		Nad Narimani	7.5
67	64		Sheymon Moraes	7.5
69	66		Daniel Chavez	5
69	66		Jamall Emmers	5
69	66		Kai Kamaka III	5
69	66		Nathan Maness	5
69	66		Seung Woo Choi	5
74	71		Chase Hooper	4.5
74	71		Daniel Teymur	4.5
74	71		Justin Jaynes	4.5
74	71		Sean Woodson	4.5
78	76		Chris Fishgold	4
78	71		Luiz Garagorri	4
80	77		Vince Morales	3.5
81	78		Aalon Cruz	0
81	78		Austin Lingo	0
81	78		Bill Algeo	0
81	78		Jacob Kilburn	0
81	NR		Jamey Simmons	0
81	NR		Jonathan Pearce	0
81	78		Jonny Munoz	0
81	78		Joshua Culibao	0
81	78		Peter Barrett	0
81	78		Ray Rodriguez	0
81	78		Steve Garcia	0
81	78		Suman Mokhtarian	0
81	78		Sung Bin Jo	0
81	78		T.J. Brown	0
81	78		T.J. Laramie	0
81	78		Vincent Cachero	0

Check back Monday for our bantamweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

Heavyweights
Light Heavyweights
Middleweights
Welterweights
Lightweights
Bantamweights
Flyweights
Women’s Feather/Bantamweights
Women’s Flyweights
Women’s Strawweights
Pound for Pound

 

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